Israel’s recent strike on Beirut killing Hezbollah’s leader was welcomed by U.S. officials and praised in Israel across the political spectrum. However, countries and political figures hostile to Israel have condemned the strike as a violation of international law. Unfortunately for them, in this case Israel is on fairly solid ground legal ground. Israel and …
My purpose here is not to pass judgment or even give an opinion as to whether the pager attack was right or wrong. (For a more scholarly and in-depth analysis of the legal aspects see this article on Just Security or this thorough review from West Point.) I also do not want to join (or …
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After Israel, Egypt is the second-highest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, with $1.3 billion in military assistance allocated each year. Of that sum, $225 million is conditioned on ‘clear and consistent progress’ in improving human rights, and $95 million on releasing political prisoners. But in spite of limited or no movement on these matters, on …
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Numerous Palestinian activists have used the slogan, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ on Facebook. This was flagged by other Facebook users for breaking rules on hate speech, incitement to violence, and glorifying dangerous organizations. Nevertheless, Facebook recently made a final decision to leave the posts untouched. We need some background …
On August 27th an organization called UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) sent a detailed, 25 page letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan. The letter, which reads like a legal brief, spells out what they claim are numerous factual errors in the application Kahn submitted for arrest warrants against Bibi Netanyahu and Yoav …
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